AG il ++ AUDAX - AT: FIDELIS Queensland Queensland Coast Islands Proclamation dated 18 July 1879 Current as at 11 April 1996 Information about this reprint This proclamation is reprinted as at 11 April 1996. Minor editorial changes allowed under the provisions of the Reprints Act 1992 mentioned in the following list have been made to— . use standard punctuation consistent with current drafting practice (s 27) . use expressions consistent with current drafting practice (s 29) . use aspects of format and printing style consistent with current drafting practice (s 35). This page is specific to this reprint. A table of reprints is included in the endnotes. See endnotes for information about when provisions commenced. Dates shown on reprints Reprints dated at last amendment All reprints produced on or after 1 July 2002, hard copy and electronic, are dated as at the last date of amendment. Previously reprints were dated as at the date of publication. 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Queensland Queensland Coast Islands Proclamation dated 18 July 1879 Contents Schedule wee eens Endnotes 1 Index to endnotes... 1... 2... cece eee 2 Date to which amendments incorporated...................0.. 3 LC) 4 Table of reprints... 2.0.2... eects 5 List of legislation. ..... 0.0... ee eee eee NN DD OD Queensland Coast Islands Proclamation dated 18 July 1879 Queensland Coast Islands Proclamation dated 18 July 1879 [reprinted as in force on 11 April 1996] By His Excellency Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the colony of Queensland and its dependencies Whereas, by letters patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, bearing date 10 October, in the 42nd year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her said Majesty did authorise the Governor for the time being of the Colony of Queensland, by proclamation under his hand and the Public Seal of the colony, to declare that from and after a day to be therein mentioned, certain islands, which are described in the schedule hereto, should be annexed to and form part of the said colony. And in the said letters patent it was provided that the said Governor is not to issue such proclamation as aforesaid until the Legislature of the said colony shall have passed a law providing that the said islands shall, on the day aforesaid, become part of the said colony, and subject to the laws in force therein; and in the said letters patent it was also provided that the application of the said laws to the said islands might be modified either by such proclamation as aforesaid, or by any law or laws to be from time to time passed by the Legislature of the said colony for the government of the said islands so annexed. And whereas by an Act passed by the Legislature of the said Colony of Queensland in the 43rd year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, entitled 'An Act to provide that certain islands in Torres Straits and lying between the continent of Australia and the island of New Guinea shall become part of the Colony of Queensland and subject to the laws in force therein', it is enacted that from and after such a day as His Excellency the Governor of Queensland shall by proclamation under his hand and the Public Seal of the colony, as is authorised by the said letters patent, mention and appoint for that purpose, the islands described in the schedule hereto shall be annexed to and become part of the Colony of Queensland. Reprint 1 Page 3 Queensland Coast Islands Proclamation dated 18 July 1879 Now, therefore, I, the Governor aforesaid, in pursuance of the power so vested in me, and by and with the advice of the Executive Council, do hereby notify and proclaim that from and after 1 August 1879, the islands described in the schedule hereto shall be annexed to and become part of the Colony of Queensland, and shall be and become subject to the laws in force therein. Page 4 Reprint 1 Queensland Coast Islands Proclamation dated 18 July 1879 Schedule Schedule Certain islands in Torres Straits and lying between the continent of Australia and island of New Guinea, that is to say, all islands included within a line drawn from Sandy Cape northward to the south-eastern limit of Great Barrier Reefs; thence following the line of the Great Barrier Reefs to their north-eastern extremity near the latitude of nine and a half degrees south; thence in a north-westerly direction embracing East Anchor and Bramble Cays; thence from Bramble Cays in a line west by south (south seventy-nine degrees west) true, embracing Warrior Reef, Saibai, and Tuan Islands; thence diverging in a north-westerly direction so as to embrace the group known as the Talbot Islands; thence to and embracing the Deliverance Islands, and onwards in a west-by-south direction (true) to the meridian of 138° of east longitude. Given under my hand and the great seal of the colony, at Government House, Brisbane, this 18 July 1879, and in the 43rd year of Her Majesty's reign, By Command, A. H. PALMER. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! Reprint 1 Page 5 Queensland Coast Islands Proclamation dated 18 July 1879 Endnotes Endnotes 1 Index to endnotes Page 2 Date to which amendments incorporated... .......... 00000000 cee cece eee 6 3 Key... cee cece eee e eens 6 4 Table of reprints... 2.0... cee eens 7 5 List of legislation ...... 0... cee eee eee 7 2 Date to which amendments incorporated This is the reprint date mentioned in the Reprints Act 1992, section 5(c). However, no amendments have commenced operation on or before that day. Future amendments of the Queensland Coast Islands Proclamation dated 18 July 1879 may be made in accordance with this reprint under the Reprints Act 1992, section 49. 3 Key Key to abbreviations in list of legislation and annotations Key Explanation Key Explanation AIA = Acts Interpretation Act 1954 (prev) = previously amd = amended proc = proclamation amdt = amendment prov = provision ch = chapter pt = part def = definition pubd = published div = division R[X] = Reprint No. [X] exp = expires/expired RA = Reprints Act 1992 gaz = gazette reloc = relocated hdg = heading renum = renumbered ins = inserted rep = repealed lap = lapsed (retro) = retrospectively notfd = notified rv = revised edition num = numbered Ss = section oine = order in council sch = schedule om = omitted sdiv = subdivision orig = original SIA = Statutory Instruments Act 1992 Pp = page SIR = Statutory Instruments Regulation 2002 para = paragraph SL = subordinate legislation prec = preceding sub = substituted pres = present unnum = unnumbered prev = previous Page 6 Reprint 1 Queensland Coast Islands Proclamation dated 18 July 1879 Endnotes 4 Table of reprints Reprints are issued for both future and past effective dates. For the most up-to-date table of reprints, see the reprint with the latest effective date. If a reprint number includes a letter of the alphabet, the reprint was released in unauthorised, electronic form only. Reprint | Amendments to Effective Reprint date No. 1 none 21 July 1879 11 April 1996 5 List of legislation Queensland Coast Islands Proclamation dated 18 July 1879 proclamation signed 18 July 1879 pubd gaz 21 July 1879 p 143 © State of Queensland 2013 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel Reprint 1 Page 7